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Dexter Gordon

Soweto Kinch joins Alyn Shipton to select the best recordings of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, who became one of the most influential soloists of the 1960s and 70s.

The tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was one of the first tenor saxophonists in jazz to adopt the bebop style in the 1940s, going on to become one of the most influential and distinctive soloists of the 60s and 70s. Soweto Kinch joins Alyn Shipton to select Gordon's finest recordings, ranging from his early days with Billy Eckstine to his Oscar-nominated performance in Bertrand Tavernier's film "Round Midnight".

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Sun 3 Oct 2010 00:00
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  • Dexter Gordon Quintet

    Long Tall Dexter

    Composer: Gordon Performers: Leonard Hawkins, tp; Dexter Gordon, ts; Bud Powell, p; Curly Russell, b; Max Roach, d. Jan 1946.

    • Settin' The Pace.
    • Proper.
    • 84077 CD 2.

  • Interview with Dexter Gordon: On Be Bop

    from Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions, Capitol, CD 2 track 13

  • Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra

    Blowing The Blues Away

    Composer: Eckstine / Valentine Performers: Billy Eckstine, vo, cond; Gail Brockman, Dizzy Gillespie, Marion Hazel, Shorty McConnell, tp; Joe Taswell Baird, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott, tb; Gerald "Gerry" Valentine, tb, arr; Bill Frazier, John Jackson, as; Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon, ts; Leo Parker, bs; John Malachi, p, arr; Connie Wainwright, g; Tommy Potter, b; Art Blakey, d; Tadd Dameron, arr. New York City, 5 Dec 1944.

    • Settin' The Pace (Properbox).
    • Proper.
    • 84077 CD1.

  • Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray - The Chase

    Composer: Gordon / Gray Performers: Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, ts; Jimmy Bunn, p; Red Callender, b; Chuck Thompson, d. Hollywood, 12 June 1947.

  • Dexter Gordon Quartet

    Ghost Of A Chance

    Composer: Young Performers: Dexter Gordon, ts; Jimmy Rowles, p; Red Callender, b; Roy Porter, d. New York City, 4 Dec 1947.

    • Settin' The Pace (Properbox).
    • Proper.
    • 84077 CD 3.

  • Dexter Gordon Quintet

    Settin' The Pace

    Composer: Gordon Performers: Dexter Gordon, ts; Leo Parker, bs; Tadd Dameron, p; Curly Russell, b; Art Blakey, d. New York City, 11 Dec 1947.

    • Settin' The Pace (Properbox).
    • Proper.
    • 84077 CD 4.

  • Dexter Gordon

    I Was Doing All Right

    Composer: Gershwin Performers: Freddie Hubbard, tp; Dexter Gordon, ts; Horace Parlan, p; George Tucker, b; Al Harewood, d. Rudy Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey, 6 May 1961.

    • Doin鈥� Allright.
    • Blue Note.
    • 84077.

  • Dexter Gordon

    Night In Tunisia

    Composer: Gillespie / Paparelli Performers: Dexter Gordon, ts; Bud Powell, p; Pierre Michelot, b; Kenny Clarke, d. CBS Studios, Paris, 23 May 1963.

    • Our Man In Paris.
    • Blue Note.
    • 46394.

  • Dexter Gordon Quintet

    Manh茫 de Carnaval

    Composer: Maria / Banfa Performers: Dexter Gordon, ts; Bobby Hutcherson, vib; Barry Harris, p; Bob Cranshaw, b; Billy Higgins, d. Rudy Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey, 28 May 1965.

    • Gettin' Around.
    • Blue Note.
    • 46681.

  • Dexter Gordon Quartet

    Take The A Train

    Composer: Strayhorn Performers: Dexter Gordon, ts; Kenny Drew, p; Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, b; Alex Riel, d. Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, 8 July 1965.

    • Misty.
    • Steeplechase.
    • 36033.

  • Dexter Gordon

    Fried Bananas

    Composer: Gordon Performers: Dexter Gordon, ts; Barry Harris, p; Buster Williams, b; Tootie Heath, d. New Jersey, 4 April 1969.

    • More Power!.
    • Prestige.
    • OJCCD 815.

  • Herbie Hancock

    Body And Soul

    Composer: Green Performers: Dexter Gordon, ts; Herbie Hancock, p; Pierre Michelot, b; John McLaughlin, g; Billy Higgins, d. Studio Eclair, 脡pinay-sur-Seine, 1986.

    • Round Midnight: Original Soundtrack.
    • Columbia.
    • 85811.

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